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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1H36 RD BROUGHAM AND LAW REFORM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir—Aly previous letters in your well-conducted Journal have demonstrated the nature and principles of Lord Brougham's Law Reform, besides the unprecedented ad vantages thereby conferred on the British people. The consummate abilities of this illustrious statesman have been unquestionably apparent, in the abolition of many abuses which long disgraced our judicial establishments, as well as in rendering the Courts accessible to all classes of the peo ple, dispensing impartial justice, and amending the laws, that they might be loved as they should be respected. Has the frown or power of faction ever prevented Lord Brougham from espousing the cause of the oppressed ?—or l'as any man been a more philanthropic Reformer of our legal departments, while promoting their adaptation to the increased intelligence of this enlightened age ? • Lord Brougham has already effected the greatest Law Reforms, and purified various institutions of the country from vices and imperfections which long impaired their efficiency. Beneficial consequences have uniformly re sulted from the improvements of this patriotic senator, who merits unqualified approbation for applying to the system of our legal polity the most unceasing legislative and judicial exertions, to secure what practically ought to be the paramount object of all our law tribunals—the cheap, speedy, and effective administration of justice. In timately acquainted with the general scheme of our insti tutions, los not this learned jurisconsult evinced those en larged and comprehensive views indispensably requisite to originate and perfect salutary Law Reforms ? Having at tained the highest judicial rank by the predominant influ ence of transcendent abilities, did not Lord Brougham im mediately manifest indomitable zeal and perseverance, in lessening the expense to suitors, besides ameliorating the principles and practice, applicable as well to Bankruptcy and Appeals, as the Courts of Chancery and Common Law? Whilst adverting to Lord Brougham's celebrated motion respecting the state of our laws, I adduced numerous amendments that were since accomplished, by some of which the titles to property have been rendered more se cure, and its conveyance more easy ; while by others the procedure in our Courts has been made more expeditious and less expensi ve . I n f act , L or d B roug h am h as b e en pe culiarly distinguished for those uncompromising Law Re forms with which his name is inseparably connected ; be sides eonsummating the greatest possible good, with the slightest posAle expense, for the British community. Was not his active m:nd constantly applied to remedy the many grievous defects hitfs•erto existent in the Courts of Equity d C ommon Law, by'which the most useful and practical ienaxe n prrtoiovems ents hav e been Perfected ? Have not strenuous been uniformly m aje by this patriotic statesman d iuris consult, f or th e l as t q uarter of a century, to refl " the dis pensation of justice, pure, certain, effective, and l aia mP e a li tt s i ra T o 13 ? t, having previously detailed some of these f is it not expedient and necessary . to particu .further Reforms, accomplished through his auspicious !fiterPosition, for the purpose of amending the laws, so r as L t ( i ' make their enactment respected, and their adm t .a on universally beloved? Justilia virtus est, omniuns vsr dutum dornina et regina. 11,,L.s_ or i dBrough am succeeded in passing the Privy Council " e als , Act, whi c h esta blished an efficient Court, with ,portant powers and jurisdiction to determine appeals roar de c i s i ons of various Courts of Judicature in the East Indies, and other colonies of Great Britain. Judges of the su perior English Courts, and retired Colonial Judges, to tether with certain members of the Privy Council, have f en formed i n t o a b o d y , sty l e d " Th e J u di c i a l C omm i ttee o t s, Privy Council." His Majesty was empowered to r e . f er all appeals from sentence of any Judge in certain dis t lets, together with appeals from the Arches and Admi rilt Courts, to this tribunal ; but they cannot be heard ess in presence of four members of the Judicial Corn -11dt" . Hav e no t th ose m easures been wisely calculated t o render th e P r i vy C ounc il Appeals' Court most efficient rr th e b etter administrat i on o f j us ti c e, by duly adjudicat 11g al l matters necessarily referred to its conclusive deter- Mination ? L ord Brougham an of prepared and secured adoption th e Cha ncery Offi ces ' A c t, w hi c h a b o li s h e d thi r teen great "Sees, mostly sinecures, thereby saving to the country up wards of 21,000/. per annum. It reduced the income of k asters in Chancery, thereby saving 14,000/. per annum ; besides other savings in the Master's Office, by reductions and abolitions of various places, amounting to 41,000/. per annum. The vacancies which occur in the Six Clerks'. Office are not to be filled up mai; the number is reduced to two ; while Masters in Chancery, henceforth appointed by the Crown, arc only entitled to annuity for length of sei•vice. Do not these Reforms, and oth of siaa ar nature, save to suitors of the Court er , and measures the pub a lic generally, upward s o f ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS Per annum .?—and were not these important amendments adopted by the authority and interposition of Lord troughani? The, orders issued by Lord Brougham for regulating the C!actice and proceeding," of certain Offices in the Court of hancery, greatly facilitatO the despatch of business, and tiensiderably abrid ge d the periotl for pleading, answering, or isawrings New forms of subricen.2s, Were decrees, and orders, prescribed, but all drawn in a concise and perspicuous ulanzer, so as to amend the verbose and intricate system Which hitherto existed. Besides, the expense of proceeding Was erY much diminished by the new schedule of fees, and 4uBtituting the sums to be henceforth received by the p i ast ers and their Clerks, with the Registrars and their l i on "- Were not all these ameliorations made in addi ivito , abbr ev i at i ng many other decrees, reforming the ast regui e rs Offices, abolishi ng gratuities to the Clerks, and ter „ a tilig various over-paid offices in the Court of Chan -4 wLord Brougham likewise succee d e d i n e sta bli s hi ng the bf tim l e entral C r i m i na l C our t, sea _ e u c which mus t b e d ee med one est public institutions, and w e ll a d ap t e d i n every trati et for the d espatc h o f b us i ness, and suitable adminis tir on of cr i m i nal justice. Certain offences committed in ilveefietropolis a n d parts ad j o i n i ng must be tried, at least v e times in every year, by Justices and Judges of this alt eratio n e s t a bli s h ment of which has proved an important in the system of criminal jurisprudence. Sale .ll2: advantages have already resulted from the operation of Measure, in consequenoe of the facility thereby afforded ii°r th e . netection of criminals, and that prosecutions imme- L4te lY th e A,follow the capture of the offenders. But, is not sati letropolitan Court Act merely a circumscribed appli .lo" of, though precisely the same in principle, as the ttl e di Courts Bill, however more extensive in detail, be embracing the country within the limits of its juris -44-/1" ? Has not Lord Brougham, therefore, procured a. er s —°ls deo a most beneficial tribunal ? And, does not ex torleieee t i enionstrate how salutary that important measure N ,,, oul e i e cheap, speedy, and effective administration of justice ob u t also prswe, which Isis Lordship has long endeavoured the , v ain f or all classes of th e E ng li s h peop l e throug h out hole kingdom 2 in ee Lord Brougham's memo ra bl e mot i on i n 1828, Julia eixtensive Law ReloTrns, with similar legislative and c'OmPlhmeiasures of paramount importance, have been ac budert4ke4. If this enlightened Statesman had neither . b a en the subject, nor persuaded Parliament to con -131.411'4 necossity of surveying and ameliorating this r a ,, 44 el' our naticnal polity, very few of these improve or en " would have been sanctioned by the superior Courts, wa .,, acted by the Legislature, Though Lord Brougham out pr t , ty o r Power when he first publicly advocated the pro tained the such reforms, yet Parliament immediately enter his e rec ommendation, from the confidence reposed in ul' Juris • Publie wisdom an d v i rtue, conjointly with his knowledge Ision p ru d ence, e x p er i ence i n practice, and habits of pro ,ils.tritt.al acquirements. Desiro us o f ren d er i ng t h e admi lis m r a of ju s ti ce pure, speedy, and substantial, has not 4:)rogi:otid hip perf ec t e d various beneficial alterations by ng many abuses, that caused dilatory and vexatious awbarraesments ? Have not the tedium and expense of g proceedings been th us considerably abridged, by the _ -ablislinient of cheaper and short er , besid es eas i er an d e rights one c onvenient modes o f redressing wrongs, and prosecut „,:rhe B r i t i sh nation, Sir, fondly tru that Lord ncigham w ill yet continue to devote thests energies of his niiip.reliensive mind to complete those Law Reforms, n° eh he orioinated and ro oundedllo% W den, oust - P P is-eminentve"r. I have rated how frequently th Jurisconsult ap Plied sal," and rational remedies - to abuses, besidkv ~ ~ proving our ancient and modern legal establishments, for the welfare and happiness of society, by making the laws simple and certain, with the administration of justice pure and impartial, adapted to existing circumstances, and suited to the spirit of this reforming age. Have not such amelio.. rations produced various national benefits, by establishing salutary principles of justice, and rendering the laws conso nant with our renovated institutions ? But, does' not the British nation, especially the millions guided by this patrio tic Statesman, and who feel exceedingly grateful for all previous improvements, confidently trust that Lord Brougham will persevere in procuring for the people a better, cheaper, and more effectual administration of jus tice, together with various other practical, and philanthropic Law Rerorms ? I remain, &e. Chancery-lane, February 1, 1636. DANISH CLAIMS. MENTOR. (From the London Review, No. IV.) We, a few days ago, gave some extracts from No. IV. of " The London Review," a publication of great ability and spirit ; and we now give an abridg ment of a clever article on the subject of the Danish Claims, which we insert the more readily, as we are anxious that Ministers should do themselves, as well as the claimants, justice, by granting relief to the ship-owners—a class who suffered so severely, and yet did-so much for the country in times of the greatest danger. We cannot too strongly repeat that their case appears to us to have such a superior claim to fa vourable consideration over the class already admitted by Government, that we trust the Chancellor of the Exchequer will feel the force of the facts and argu ments lately brought forward on the subject, and at once recommend their case to the House : Report of the Commissioners for investigating the Danish Claims, ordered by , the House of Commons to be printed, 3rd April, 1835. The Commissioners, in their Report, divided the claims into three classes : those for book-debts forming the first— those for goods seized on shore, the second—those for ships and cargoes seized, the third. Now it appears that it is only the first of these three closses, making about one third of the total amount claimed, that his Majesty's pre sent Government have resolved to satisfy.* And that, be it observed, on conditions that render the justice altogether incomplete ; for no interest has been allowed, and the,proof required is such as to exclude a large proportion of this class of cases.t With respect to the third class ; Ministers have taken no account of it ; they have altogether passed it over. The lawyers who have got hold of this subject have, after their fashion on like occasions, attempted to complicate and con fuse the question by prattling about the law of nations. But this is not a question between nation and nation ; it is a question between the British nation and some of its own citizens : it is not a question of the law of nations, but of the fundamental laws of every civilized community. The first law of every independent political society is, that in return for the obedience which the subjects in that political society render to the Sovereign of it, they shall receive protection for their persons and property. The moment that protection ceases to be rendered, that obedience ceases to be due. By this fundamental law all the classes of claimants who lose their property immediately by the act of their own Government, have an equal claim to redress from that Government ; and any attempt to draw a dis tinction on this occasion between the loss of book-debts and the loss of ships and cargoes, can only be regarded as a piece of sophistry got up by the book-debt class of claimants, to indemnify themselves by throwing their fellow-sufferers overboard, or by a shuffling Administration to escape the just payment of a sum of money. It is evidently the decided opinion of many of the suf ferers, who are claimants belonging at the same time to the class of book-debts and to that of ships and cargoes, that the hardships of their case as belonging to the latter class, are far greater than even those of their case as included in the former. In a Petition printed in the Appendix to the Votes of the House of Commons, 16 die Julii, 1828, (No. 1565) it is stated that the petitioners, in August 1807, applied to the Lords of the Admiralty for a license, (such a document being then required) for a vessel to sail to Norway with a cargo ; that the said license was duly for warded to the petitioners, notwithstanding an expedition then preparing against Copenhagen, though quite unknown to the petitioners ; that, in consequence of such license, the petitioners freighted and loaded at the port of Aberdeen, the /1/argaret of Leith, to proceed to Bergen, consigned to their correspondent there ; that the said vessel arrived safe on the coast of Norway, where she was instantly taken pos session of by armed boats, by authority of the Kin°. of Denmark, carried to Bergen, and condemned, in Septemer 1807, for beheof of his Danish Majesty, notwithstanding the complaint and claim of their correspondent for himself and the petitioners ; the only answer to which was, That the Governn;ent of Britain had ample means of redress in their hands.' The petition then goes on to set forth, that the peti tioners are yet without any redress whatever, and that they had also many sums then due in Norway, in the hands of their various correspondents there, of all which they have been also deprived. The petition concludes with the fol lowing forcible and just statement of the question :—" That if the Admiralty had warned the petitioners, or delayed the licence under the circumstances, the evil to their vessel would not have happened ; and that, with such 'funds in their hands from the Danish fleet, &c., the petitioners con fidently looked for redress and indemnification of their whole losses, but more immediately fur the cargo so seized and con demned by the Danish Government." All this shows a strong impression in the minds of claim ants, who claimed both for book-debts and for ships and cargoes, that the circumstances under which their ships and cargoes were taken from them, were such as most unques tionably to give to those losses a prior and peculiar right to indemnification. It would mall) seem, that to a plain 9n derstanding, there could be but one opinion on the subject. To the same straightforward, honest understanding, it would also seem totally needless to point out the difference between a case like the present, and the ordinary case where, in confozmity to the practice and usage of war prevailing among the naiions of Europa,' every merchant who sends a ship to an enemy's coast, or to the neighbourhood of an enemy, does so at his owl, peril ; and being forewarned, pro vides against the risk he thereby incurs. Could it be sup posed possible that the distinction could be overlooked be tween this and the case where no warning whatever has been given ?—where, on the contrary, the minister of the power attacked is resident at the court of the assailant, and where the merchant was lured into the snare by the mockery of a licensed ?—where, in short, there was no question of the practice and usage of war at all—as the question was not of a state of war, but a state of peace — for it NOS such, as regarded the claimants ? Again, v;itli respect to the seizure of the Danish mer chant-vessels anj cargoes, before any hostile act was so much as contemplated on L - Ile part of the Danish Government — it had no excuse whatever, but as an act to secure an in demnity to British subjects, for the losses which they might sustain, in consequence of our attack on Copenhagen. Even if this precaution had not been taken, the claim ants had a right, according to the fundamental principle of morality and law already stated, to be indemnified by a general contribution for losses occasioned to: individuals by an act for the general benefit ; but in this particular case a sum of money derived from the Danish merchant ships condemned, was paid into the public treasury, on the ex press ground, announced by Mr. Percival, that ' there were certain merchants who claimed from it compensation for losses arising out of the manner in which the war broke out. The claimants as a body, applied to Parliament for a committee to investigate and decide on their claims, be cause theirs was a case which, as no legislature could have anticipated, no positive legal remedy had been provided for. And when it was announced that ministers, yielding to the unanimous opininion in their favour, undertook to do for them whatever was just, the claimants little suspected that ministers, for their guidance in a case such as any plain observer of the common rules of justice would at once de cide, would call on the law officers to determine whether the claimants have a legal right. Whatever be the law on the subject, the question whe ther the sum of money obtained by the seizure of Danish It tight to be.remarked that the Chancellor of the Ex chequer gave a vague pr.rnise respecting the second class, ' Will it be b( 4 l ,ieved, that thaao niggardly dealers out of justice, not content with allowing no inturest, actually deduct from the principal two per cent., for the paynizint of their Commissioners I—in imitation, no doubt, of the happy device, so well exposed by Mr. Bentham, of reaing the expenses of the administration of justice a charge upon the pnfortunate suitors. f Some of the cases were even stronger than this. In some instances, the merchants, besides applying for their licenses, asked the Admiralty, whether it was safe to go to Denmark ? and received for answer, that it was perfectly safe, at the very moment when the Admiralty were fitting out tho expedition. In others, the shipmasters applied to Admiral Gambier, in the Sound, and were assured that it vas safe to go up the Baltic, as " every thing was settled." § The King, and the Government of that day, abstaing from appropriating as droits of the Crown, a sum of money obtained under such circumstances. For, independently of the claims of the British sufferers, it was liable to the p)aims of Denmark, at the conclusion of the war. These were aban.. doned at the peace, but the claims of the British suff erer s, the ground on which the money ha 4 been provisionally during the war (like the unclaimed dividends) appropriated to the neces fities .9f the _State / have t 9 this moment never beep s4i4ed, property, prior to any offence conunitted or intended by the Danes, could be retained by the state without being appro priated to indemnify British subjects:who suffered in conse quence of that seizure, and for whose benefit the very act of that seizure was contemplated and justified, is a question of common justice and honesty ; and to evade it on the ground that an obvious moral right cannot be legally en forced, is to come under the opprobrium usually falling upon those who " square their conscience by the law." But if the Whigs expect that the matter will be suffered to rest here, we hope and believe that they will be disap. pointed. Some of the leading men of all parties have de clared the strongest opinions on this question ; and at least those of the Tory and Radical parties, it may be hoped, will not allow their sense of justice to give way to their de sire of voting with a Whig Ministry. We trust that, as soon as Parliament m:ets, some Member with whom prin ciple does not yield to party considerations, will take up the cause of these much injured men, and insist upon the full acknowleOgnient and establishment of their rights, as Bri tish citizens injured by the public act of the British Go vernment. THE MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY. On Thursday last a meeting of bankers, merchants, manu facturers, and traders, was held in the Town-hall, in order to obtain an expression of their opinions upon the proposed line of railway from Manchester to Leeds. The meeting was called by the boroughreeve and constables, upon the requisi tion of about eighty of the leading firms and commercial men of the town ; and we never recollect having seen a meeting of that extent (there were about 200 gentlemen present) which represented such an aggregate amount of capital. The Boroughreeve (JOHN MACVICAR, Esq.) took the chair, and immediately on his appointment thereto, an adjournment from the Committee-room in which the meeting first assem bled, to the large room up stairs, took place. The CHAIRMAN briefly opened the business by reading the requisition, and explaining that his colleagues and himself had called the meeting from a tonviction of the advantages which must result to the public generally from such increased facilities of communication as it was the object of the Man chester and Leeds Railway Company to afford. • J. C. HARTER, Esq., moved the adoption of the first reso lution ; but in so low a tone of voice, arising from hoarseness, that the few words which he uttered were inaudible. T. SHARP, Esq., seconded the resolution, and took the occasion to reply to several objections which had been urged against the holding of a meeting like that. When one of the Chairman's colleagues had done him the honour to consult him as to the propriety of convening the meeting, he had hesi tated as to its propriety, and had certainly sought for reasons in support of his objections. He had found, however, that all his reasons were in favour of such meeting, and lie had, there fore concurred as to its propriety.—( Hear.) Among the arguments urged on the other side, it was said that the Man chester and Leeds Railway projection was a private specula tion, originating in considerations of private gain ; and therefore that the public had nothing to do with it. Why, let them trace back the origin of any commercial uudertaking, and they would find that it had its origin in similar motives, how ever general its advantages had afterwards become. The substitution of waggons by the late Mr. Pickford, as an im proved means of conveyance over the pack-horse, arose in considerations of private advantage ; and yet that had been productive of great public benefit. The canal of the late Duke of Bridgewater was also projected with a view to pri vate emolument; and yet who denied the public benefit which had resulted from it 2—( Hear.) And he would ask the canal proprietors from whom the greatest opposition to the present scheme was experienced, whether their canals had been pro jected for public or for private benefit; and whether their op position was of a public or a private nature ?—( Hear.) The opposition was based on private grounds, in order that they might continue a monopoly by which they were enabled to to charge twenty shillings, where they only ought t o c h arge ten shillings.—( Hear.) f the undertaking were calculated to secure a public benefit, then it claimed public support, regard less of the motives in which it had originated. He hoped the Parliament would consider this : here were two parties, a Canal Company and a Railway Company, both of which had originated in motives of private interest. How was Parlia ment, as umpire, to judge between the two ? Why, by the weight of public opinion, and the comparative resulting ad vantage to the public. As to railways in general, they were a superior means of transit—an advantage which it was now necessary to extend to the utmost in our power, if we wished to contend successfully against the strenuous exertions now making on the continent of Europe, and in America, backed by the respective Governments of the countries therein, to en large the facilities of manufacturing production and commer cial intercourse. There were agents at this time in England from almost all the continental nations, making contracts for iron railways, and taking other steps to forward the objects just named. In America the greatest activity prevailed, and rail ways were rapidly extending there. But he would not take up the time of the meeting further, in speaking of the advan tages of railways; but would refer them at once to the Man chester and Liverpool line, which had been a public benefit, and has far exceeded the expectations of all, both in regard to its advantages, its means, and its results. And if that had been a beneficial line, he contended that a continuation of the line to Hull, thus uniting two of the principal ports of the empire, must also be desirable. The Liverpool line was no doubt a favourable line ; but the one to Leeds would also have Manchester at one end of it ; and though the line might be a more difficult one in the formation, still, the increased knowledge which the Directors would have, profitting by the experience afforded by the Liverpool line, would enable them to lay down a more difficult line at a not much (if any) greater expense. Then it must be recollected that between Liverpool and Manchester there was hardly a single passenger or bale to be picked up ; while on the Leeds line there would be a passenger and a bale for every quarter of a mile. And as to the means of remuneration, they would be at least equal to those of the Liverpool line.—(llear.) R. Peanut, Esq., M.P., said, in the first place it would perhaps be necessary for him to give some explanation of his reasons for attending that meeting, as, from his situation as one of the Lancashire Members, the question then under dis cussion woujd come before him as a member of the committee to which it would be consigned, and he ought to enter upon its consideration with strict impartiality : he hoped his atten dance there would not prevent him doing so.--( Hear.) It ap peared some opposition would be made to the Manchester. and Leeds railway bill, in Parliament; and it would be the duty of the Legislature to judge between the two parties. He was glad that he had attended that meeting, as it gave him an op-- portupity of ascertaining that the merchants of that town gave a warm approval to the proposed railway, a circumstance which would have due weight in the committee of the House of Commons.—(Hear.) He (Mr. Potter) could not help think ing that the proposed line of railway would be of great benefit to this community. Wakefield, one of the towns included in the line, was the great emporium for corn, which would then be transported with a vastly increased facility to this district; and Hull being a port of great importance, still further ad vantages would result from the proposed junction therewith. As to the threatened opposition to the railway; he recommended the supporters of the latter to effect an arrangement if possi ble. The House of Commons was not a very satisfactory court for the settlement of such disputes, for although some gentlemen might undertake the duty of hearing the case in committee, others might come in when the preamble was about to be proved, and by defeating that, upset all that had been done. This, he believed, was the case with the same railway bill, on the occasion of the last application to Parliament.--( Hear.) The committee declared that the preamble of the Bill had not been proved, although the gentlemen constituting the majority of the committee had not heard a single word of the evidence. The system was no doubt a little amended now, but it was not completely re medied, and,therefore it behoved the Company to be prepared. He (Mr. Potter) also wished to give the Company notice, that he should take an opportunity, when the bill was before the committee, to move (as he had done in other railway bills) the Insertion therein of a clause, providing that the line should not cross any highways on a level, as he thought such crossings were highly dangerous to the public safety.—[lt was here in timated to Mr; Potter by Mr. Barry, the secretary. that that been already provided for in the Bill.] He was glad to hear that this had been already provided for; and the fact being so, the Bill should, as far as he was able to judge then, have his concurrence and support.—( Hear.) The resolution was passed unanimously. ROBERT GARNETT, Esq., moved the second resolution. If ever, he said, a scheme was entitled to public support, in a manufacturing district like that of Manchester and the sur rounding country, it was the one, the merits of which they bad met to discuss; and if they were not to avail themselves of the full advantages of railway undertakings, they would be behind hand with other districts, and would be unable to compete with those countries, the governments of • which were doing everything in their power to establish manufactures of their own. When he contemplated the effects of a railway that should, by extending from Liverpool to Hull, unite, as it were, the German ocean with the Irish sea, passing as it did, through the very centre of the populous woollen and cotton districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire, the advantages which presented themselves to notice were so numerous that lie was at loss where to commence his enumeration of them. Now, if a gentleman wanted to go on business from Manches ter to Leeds, it occupied him two or three days; whereas, if a railway were in existence between the two towns, the busi ness might be transacted in one day. The present water con veyance for goods was five days, to Hull, at the rate of 305. per ton, when no doubt they might be convoyed in as many hours by means' of a railway, at a greatly reduced rate of freight -( Hear, hear.) The exports of Manchester goods, from Hull, were by no meting ineoneiclereble ; thus last- year we had exported 30,000, tons of cotton twist from Hull; while flip exports of cotton manufactured goods were also large and increasing; and towards the close of the year, when the rates of freight and insurance rose eapietlyi the advantage of being Ab)e to forward goods to Hull in as many hours as days were now required, was of no small importance.—( Hear.) It was not as a shareholder, but as a Therelient cpanected With the ueeth of Europe, that he (Mr. Garnett) supported the Manchester and Leeds Railway undertaking ; and it was on eieeilar geoends that it ought to be gist ivelly supported. Po?' dues le' eery large extent was aril p. into IL?ieeeppol, from the Brazils, the iedied, and other pieces, in exchange for our goods, and a great deal of which Wee re-Chipped to lie cent'," pew of f.prope. Now, if this could be s e nt di rec t to Hull , and there eeperi.ed, witheet the delays which at present took place ? Liverpoel herself would eNprie ! ,9e groat advantage, frer t l the increase of such imports into her Pefle; is well as the incidental beeelite ;•eselting from the tragic on the lone qt rail way. From these considerations he ieli; it fo e his d u ty to sypport the undertaking. A formidable opposition was three , peed and 4ntieipated, but this only rendered it the more in- cal:bent upon the frien Is of tl e seicme to endeavour to ob tai the bill.—( Hear.) J. P. WESTIIEAD, Esq. seconded the motion. He admitted that the natural difficulties of the line between here and Leeds were great, but they had all been surmounted. He regretted that they were threatened with a severe opposition from interested parties, although he thought if those parties took an extensive and enlightened view of the subject, they would find that the railway was likely to increase their traffic. —Resolution passed unanimously. J. E. TAYLOR, Esq. moved the next r eso l ut i on . F ortu nately, he said, all the gentlemen present were so fully aware of the beneficial tendency of railway conveyances, that much in enforcement thereof would not be necessary from him. Within the last half hour he had, in connexion with this subject, turned to a publication which had just appeared, and the merits of which he was afraid were not fully appreciated—he meant " Burn's Commercial Glance," and even he, accustom . ed as he was to consult statements and receive information, of this nature, was not aware of the rapid increase which our manufactures had experienced. He had abstracted from the above table certain results in figures, which he begged to read., In 1823 the total amount of cotton twist exported was 27,373,986 lbs., while in seven years after that time, namely, 1830, the exports had more than doubled, being 64,645,3421b5. The year 1835 gave evidence of a still further increase, the exports of twist for that year amounting to 84,475,885 lbs. No doubt all this was not shipped from Hull, but still a great portion of it would be, being destined for those countries for which Hull was the principal port, viz.—Russia and Germany. But it was not in the mere traffic in goods that the anticipated benefits would result. He looked to the increased communi cation which must follow, and herein he thought they would have a strong point in their application to Parliament, that although they might in the first instance—he hoped not ulti mately—injure the interests of the water companies, in the conveyance of goods—in the conveyance of passengers they would have the whole field to themselves. Here there would be no rivalry ; and that was a consideration which ought to induce Parliament to grant the application.—( Hear.) They also saw, and saw with pleasure, the rapid extension of the town ; and it behoved them to provide for the wants of the in creasing population. It was important that the supply of food should be as large, as cheap, and as much facilitated as possi ble. Now it was well known that a large portion of the food consumed here came from Yorkshire, and no doubt, with the proposed increased facilities for transit, the supplies of that food would be greatly augmented. This was another strong reason for their application to Parliament.—( Hear.) The markets abroad were not overstocked with goods ; and at home they were bound to do all in their power to keep up their onward progress. In would be frightful to contemplate the consequences, to the population of this country, of a se rious interruption to its commercial operations. JOHN CHEETHAM, Esq., of Stalybridge, seconded the motion. The subject seemed to embrace three points : first, to connect the cotton and woollen manufactures of Manchester and Leeds ; next, to increase the means of transit between those two places ; and thirdly, to open a rapid communication between the two important ports of Liverpool and Hull. The population of Manchester and Leeds alone were suffi cient to sanction an undertaking like the present; that of the former, with its dependencies, amounting to 300,000 souls, and the latter to 150,000. The wants of two such places must be great • and he understood that Manchester was be coming the depot for goods from Yorkshire. Rochdale, Todmorden, Halifax, and Wakefield, would also be con nected with the two towns just named; but the most impor tant result of the proposed undertaking would be the con necting- of the extensive ports of Liverpool and Hull. They had already been informed of the great exports of twist from Hull in the course of last year. But the imports would also be attended with good results. Baltic timber, for instance, when the present impolitic duty thereon was reduced, must become an article of great consumption in this town. He believed that a few years ago, such was the great cost of the inland transit of the Baltic timber, that it was altogether shut out from the markets in this neighbou r h oo d. Within the last three years, however, an arrangement had been made with the Rochdale canal com pany, whereby parties were enabled to compete with the timber imported into Liverpool. And with a reduced tax and in creased facilities of conveyance, Hull would become almost the only port for the importation of Baltic timber. The hieh o wasf t he last mostlyyear eeese a m m e o d un ie te d to im portation o f A ustra li an woo l , wh i ch was of recent date, was of great i mportance to some parts of Yorkshire. The im ports minions o t f wo po g un re d a s t , w 3 Yorkshire. manufacturing districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire had a common interest in this railway ; it combined two of the most populous and flourishing counties of the empire, and two of the largest manufacturing districts in the world. A preceding speaker had referred to the benefits to agriculture which would result from this railway. Now he was of opinion that Ireland would be most benefitted by it in that respect.\ The imports from that country to England amounted to about four-and-a-half millions sterling per annum. A great portion of these imports doubtless went into York shire ; and when the rate of freight was reduced, and a saving of time effected, Ireland would reap some of the advan tages which this undertaking was calculated to produce. While politicians were engaged in devising measures for the improve ment of that country, their's be the more humble but more harmonious task of developing her skill and finding employ ment for her industry, and encouraging the outlay of capital, by giving security to it. S. FLETCHER, Esq., moved the adoption of a petition. Be ing no shareholder in the proposed Company, he had no private interest to serve by giving it his support. R. H. WILSON, Esq., had great pleasure in seconding the motion. The Resolution being carried, the Boroughrceve left the chair. MARK Pumps, Esq., M. P., was called to the chair, and he took occasion to address the meeting at some length. He said he regretted that his peculiar position, as a representative of that town, prevented him from appearing at that meeting other than in his individual capacity as a merchant. They would readily appreciate his motives in not taking part in their proceedings as, upon their petition being presented to Parliament; its merits would be discussed, and he would have to sit in judgment on the case as made out.--( Hear.) There might be contending interests of which he now knew nothing, and an opposition with the character of which he was unac quainted. He had therefore wished to abstain from mixing himself up with the matter, as that would prevent his useful ness in forwarding what he could not but think was a great and important measure.--( Hear, hear.) He thought a case had been made out, and that little argument would be neces sary to show that an improvement like the one proposed was necessary to enable them to maintain their position as a manufacturing body. The improved communication be tit Manchester . and Hull was only one-half of the argument. They would never rest content with the internal communication ; he considered that as the mere adjunct to those vast improvements in steam navigation which should bring us, as it were to the very doors of these who are our • best customers, but who still took little of our produce to what they would take, were adequate facilities, commercially and politically, extended to them.—(Hear.) He thought this case rested on sure grounds, and that its supporters had taken a wise course in making the public acquainted with their schemes,.instead of merely calling a meeting of the share holders. It would give their petition much greater weight than it would otherwise have possessed ; and he could only say that into whatever hands they might entrust the petition, lie would give it all his support.—( Hear.) Into the details of the measure he would not enter • indeed, 43 he should have, as it were, to hold the scales between two parties, he should say no more than that he cordially concurred in the present railway scheme, and that as far as he could, he would help to forward it through the House, with every considera tion, of course, for those whose interests would be affected by • ft.—( Cheers. ) JAMES Noon, Esq., said that all were aware that in every measure for the public benefit, some private injury was in flicted. Some of the water companies might be injured in this case, when the 13i11 should be carried into full effect ; but still he must be a bold man who would come forward and say that because some private injury might be inflicted, a public object should not be carried into execution.—(Hear.) The proceedings and petition of that day would also have great weight with Parliament. Their engineer, Mr. George Ste- plienFon, was present. lie had been sent fgr in order that he might answer any objecti ins. on ioale any statements required and lie would toll thorn that the line from Manchester to Leeds, rugged as the country was, had a hotter level than the Manchester and Liverpool line itscif.--( Hear.) Mr. W. con cluded by moving a vote of thanks to the boroughreeyo and coastables, whom he complimented for their courtesy In calling the meeting. S. BROOKS, Esq., seconded the resolution, which was, car. tied unanimously. GEORGE STEPIIENSON, Esq., then came forward, and said that all he had to observe was, that the line laid out would bo perfectly practicable for locomotive engines from ono end of it to th.! other, and that there would no difficulty whatever in carrying it through the valleys.—The meeting then separated. 'he Glamorganshire Political Union h e ld its third meeting at Bridgend, on the 25th ulto. RAILWAY FROM MARYPORT TO CARLISLE. — Mr. Hall and assistants, under the direction of Mr. Ste pbenson, commenced their survey on Wednesday last, from the south side of Maryport Harbour. INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS. — This Society he ld their Fourth Ordinary Meeting on Monday r evening l as t, an d var i ous rout i ne bus i ness h av i ng b een transacted, the Ch a i rman , P. F. R o bi n son, Esq. V.P., presented to th e I nst i tute severa l spec i m ens of stone u se d i i‘r, Parish restore niconstruction,described and me n ti one d some of their peculiarities. t r h i i b e e d paintings a n apparatus b yThornhill, the by dome him, o in order to' f St. Paul's. Fashion has much decried these productions, without reason, and it is to be regretted, the funds apper taming to the C a thedral will not admit the execution of Mr. desig n . T. L. Donaldson, Esq., then r ead a snort but interesting paper, on the Towers of Italy. At the close of the Meeting it was suggested, that all the Fellow s of the Institute who had sent in plans fqr thg eht.ain a public e*liihition o f the rejecte d iPtepded senate Howe SIIQII I 4 pow 141 , 00, in nrcler designs. Mr, Britton, hovveyer, stated, from information he lied reePive - d% it %yap prebahle the OetiAssioneils them elves, anxious to show the i ntegr i ty of their proceedings, wonld point out t l lc saine course, and as it vyas apparent that it had m the uchl 4 l '4l:;r Plo,ceo frUni them than from the ilnstitute , suggestion was alloWeil to stand over. The Prize MN_ awarded.to Mr. Godwin, jun., for his Essay on Concrete, will be presented to that en tleman, at a General Meetinq of t he Institute, by the Presidents Earl De Or,er. BRIGHTON-TUESDAY, Their Majesties will leave the Palace to-morrow morning for St. James's, at nine o'clock. Prince 'George, accompanied by his Preceptor, will follow their Majesties in another carriage. We have good reason to believe, from the number of departures which have followed each other lately, in such rapid succession, that our season is thus early drawing to a close. It trill revive for a time should their Majesties re turn on Monday ; but the inhabitants take no steps by way of getting up amusement-, to induce visiters to prolong their stay. __ The Marchioness of Wellesley and her mother, Mrs. Caton, will close their sojourn at the York Hotel this week, and return - to town. Fashionable dinner parties were given on Friday by Mr. and Lady Jane Peel, and Lady H. M Inners Sutton ; on Saturday evening, by the Dowager Marchioness of Choi mondeley, Sir It. Hunter, Colonel and Mrs. Rolt ; and on Monday evening by the Hon. General Phipps. Sir Robert and Lady Kennedy have taken a house on the King's Road. The Dowager Countess of Huntingdon tactic her depar ture from Brighton this morning. Their Majesties' dinner party yesterday evening com prised Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Winsor, Marcbionef.: of Cholmondeley and Miss Bentinck, Mr. Backhouse, Mr. and Lady Sarah, and Miss Bayley. The king gave audience to Lord Erskino and Captain Hart, R.N., yesterday. COURT CIRCULAR, The Duchess of Gloucester arrived in town on Monday evening from the Pavilion at Brighton. The Duke of Cumberland visited her Royal Highness yesterday at Glou cester-house. His Majesty will hold a Council at St. James's, this day, at which his Majesty's Speech on opening the Session of Parliament will be arranged. Nouri Effendi, the Turkish Minister,•gave last evening his second grand entertainment in honour of the birth of Prince Nriam-eddeen Khan, third son of the Grand Seig nior. The party included the whole of the Corps Diplo matique. There was again a splendid device on the exte rior of his Excellency's residence ; in the centre was a large radiated Sun, formed of gold-coloured lamps, within which, on an elegant transparency, was emblazoned the Sultan's Cypher ; above this there appeared a brilliant Crescent and Star. Under the whole was the motto commemorating the birth of the infant Prince. Wreaths of laurel adorned the sides of this elegant device. A military band was in attend ance, and performed throughout the evening. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester day. The Lords present were Lord Lyndhurst, Mr. Baron Parke, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, and the Chief Judge in Bankruptcy. Their Lordships were occupied with a petition of Baron Heurteloup for a prolongation of letters patent, and the application of Messrs. Wells fora day to be fixed for hearing a petitio❑ for the prolongation of letters patent. Counsel were heard and evidence tendered i❑ sup_ port of Baron Heurteloup's patent. The case was adjourned, Lord Stanhope will have the honour of a private audience to-morrow, when he will preset to his Majesty the petition of the agriculturists of Great Britain. By the decease of the venerable Lord Stowell with out male issue, his estates, together with his large personal property, devolve on his only surviving child, Viscountess Sidmouth, who, before her 'marriage with his Lordship in 1823, was relict of Joseph Townshend, Esq., of Honington, in the county of Warwick The Bishop of Norwich is a singular instance of a Protestant Bishop married to a Roman Catholio lady ; an d the lady const an tly en j o y s th e privilege f having her con fessor resident in th e Bishop's holm. The venerable FN-Amhassador Prince Talleyrand, completed his eighty-third year yesterday. It is said the Prince has bequeathed his Memoirs to the Minister of the Interior, M. Thiers. The present Viscount Hood, who has succeeded his grandfather, the late venerable possessor of the title in the family honours, is in his 28th year, and was recently a Lieutenant in the 3d or Scotch Fusileer Guards. His Lordship's only brother, Capt. Charles Grosvenor Hood, is in the Grenadier Guards. The late venerable Viscount, who, we believe, was Lord Chamberlain to her late Majesty, Queen Caroline, was the son and heir of the Gallant Sir Samuel Hood, created Viscount Hood, of Mutley, for his brilliant conduct in the engagement with the French fleet. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.--The Hon. and Rev. Robert Liddell, fifth son of the Right Hon. Lord Ravensworth, of Ravensworth Castle, was married on Tuesday last, at the Church of St. Mary-le-Bow, Durham, to Emily Anne Charlotte, eldest daughter of the Hon. and Rev. Gerald Valerian Wellesley, D.D., brother to the Duke of Wellington, Lord Maryborough, the Mar4u!s Wellesley, and' Lord Cowley. The ceremony was per formed by the Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley, cousin of the bride, in the presence of Lord and Lady Ravensworth, the Hon. Miss Liddell, the Hon. H. T. and Mrs. Liddell, the Hon. Geor g e Liddell, Mrs. B roo k e Ri c h mon d , the Rev. Henry and Mrs. Liddell and Miss Charlotte Liddell, the Bishop of St. David's, Mr. and the Misses Jenkinson, 'Miss Cornwall, Sir Hedworth and Lady Williamson, Ed mund. Macdonnell, Esq.; Archdeacon, Mrs., and Miss Thorp, Rev. Henry and Mrs. Douglas, Dr., Mrs., and the Misses Gilly, and other distinguished personages. After the ceremony the party partook of a splendid break fast at the house of Dr. Wellesley, in the College, and the happy couple soon afterwards took their departure for Sea ham Hall, the marine residence of the Marquis of Lon donderry, to spend the honey-moon.—Newcastle Journal. HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS.—The first concert of the Vocal Society was given at the King's Concert-room, on Monday night. Mr. T. Cooke was the leader, and Mr. Goss was the conductor. A vast number of voca lists were engaged to give effect to the chorusses, and in addition to some delightful glees, many songs and airs were given, Among the performers were Messrs. Edward Tay lor, Charles Taylor, Hawkins, Hobbs, Atkins, Parry, Balfe, Morley, Fitzwilliam, Bradbury, Ransford, &c. ; Misses Waodyatt and Hawes, and Mrs. Bishop. The instrumental performers are of the first class. It is to be regretted that in concerts of this sort soprano male voices should be intro duced to sing in unison with soprano female voices. The uncertainty of tone of the former effectually mars the effect of the latter ; and such was the case last night. This is an evil which can be very easily avoided, and the sooner it is avoided the better, In other respects this concert was of the highest character, and deserved the high patronage which, from the number and respectability of the company, it appeared to have secured. The concert consisted of two parts, and was selected from well-known and favourite cho russes, duets, and solos. ELOPEMENT.—Monday morning a gay young fox-hunter, son of a Captain . m the army, eloped with the only daughter of a Gallant Colonel, from near Chesterfield. Their flight was discovered by a farm servant, who, on going in the morning to work, observed something white dangling from a bedroom window ; this was a pa i r o f s h eets knotted together, one end secured to. the iron stanchion of the window. The man made known the circumstance to the family, when it ayes discovered that the young lady was algOkAi without leave. The party started at ahattt two in the morning in a gig, and proceeded at the rate of eighteen miles an hour to Sheffield, whence they dashed along in a chaise at a slashing rate for Gretna, where the blacksmith riveted them firmly in the bonds of Hymen. Tho eireumstance has been a source of great dis appointment to several gentlemen of the neighbourhood who were paying court to the lady. Clumber, tho seat of the Duke of Newcastle, has been for the last fortnight a scone of much gaiety and fes tivity. Lord CornLormere and the Hon. Cotton Donking departed last week, and his Grace is at present entertain ing tho Earl of Winchilsea, Viscount Maidstone, Lady C. Hutton, Sir Thomas and Lady White, Colonel and the Misses Rolleston, and other persons of distinction. The grand drawing-room, one of the most superb and mag nificently furnished in the kingdom, will be finished in a fow days. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—A dramatic ver sion of Victor Hugo's Notre _Dame de Paris, was last night produced at this theatre, as it was during last season at the Surrey. We need scarcely remind our readers of the chief drantatiB p11401:lt of the original romance. - Once known, they cannot be forgotten—via., a priest-demon, Claude Frolic) ; a seraphic monster, Quasimodo ; a vestal gipsy, Esmeralda ; a mad nun, Gudule ; a Captain, without brains or heart ; and a King of the Beggars. M r . H Wallack was a very respectable monster, but yet be was an Apollo compared to the curious being imagined by Victor Hugo, and in losing his superlative hideousness, he loses the contrrst to his exquisitely delicate sensibilit;.-, s , and so loses the true power of . the part. Mr. Collins was at home in the Captain. The action of the piece was but feeble till the last scene, where Quasimodo tags the priest fairly down from the topmost tower of Not D ame. While we cannot say that we were zrpml y 14ecteo by the main action of this drama, 114- ItltAo acknawledgo that its accesso ries were 07 , i 3 4-40,, 40 41(1 their host to make up the de, ficienPy. The gip.sies wore well dressed, well grouped, and well (lanced throughout the whole affair, and we must do the taleno-painter the i.istioe to say that ho had executed his duty with spirit and taste, taking full advantage of all the picturesqueness of the architecture of the middle age. The house was quite full, and the repetition was an nounced by Quasimodo himself, amid pretty genqrkil and warm approbation. A fatal accident bapponotl a fow days since at Heath and Reach, tledkrdshiro, as two gentlemen were rabbit ;looting ; one of them shot the other through the head— Ve tell and div,4 immediAtoly ---2%orthanTion IRELAND. IMPORTANT TITHE CASE. —Judgment in the case of Arch. deacon Knox v. Gavin—which we have before described as an attempt to convert the Court of Exchequer into a field where the Tories arc trying to fight the Tithe battle—will, it is expected, reach us to-morrow. when we shall publish it. PARTY LiEs.--Th e Orange Mail of Monday, in describing the reception of Mr. O'Connell at Liverpool, says :--"‘ from all parts of the violated chamber rang the cries or' Carlow p Who cheated Raphael ?" Turn the begga • Out !" What s n t b t r e a r g i n g g, a braggadocio io i made bereft n of t r . epl v— t does the pauper here ?" Where is your beg,ging box ?' To f these qnestions the blu a s n h d les t his Usual deadly slu p n a k le a , way from public castigation, jiP a contem. cunning — be turning porary says, exposed' pickpocket of the lowest descriptions detected and ! !" From this specimen of downright shameless mendacity, th e public will judge how little reliance can be placed on any statement coming from the Orange faction. ThQ springs o f Truth itself are poisoned by party. BOROUGH OF ATIILONE.—A numerous and respectable meeting of the e le c t ors o f t hi s borough Vas held on S un d ay last, in the Ch a p e l- yar d o f St. Pefl,e's, to consider the best means of securing the return of Mr. John O'Connell, son to Daniel O'Connell, ED.q., M. P., in the event of a dissolution. A oorrospendni informs us, that out of a constituency of 240, 1 47 stnct pledged to support Mr. O'Connell. Ma. T. RBI rionos.—On Sunday a .meeting of the friends of this gentleman was held in the Corn Exchange. The sub scriptions sent in for the past week to the fund for indemni- fying Mr. Reynolds for his losses in the cause of his country were announced as amounting to 241. Mrs. Kent, the wife of the mail coach agent at Castlebar. was burnt to death in her bed-rAom on `Wednesday. Her clothes caught fire. SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM CLOYD'S.)' DEAL, Fan. 2.—Wind S. W. to S. S. E.—Arrived the Laing, from Hobart Town ; Peter Procter, Terry, from Cal cutta ; Akrippinina, Rogers, from the Mauritius; and Triton, Jesson, from Rio Janeiro. Put back by adverse winds—the Ann, Griffiths, for Bombay ; Elizabeth, Curry, for the South Seas; and Perseverance, Crowder, for ditto, with loss of an chor and chain. The wind is now blowing strong from S. S. E., with every appearance of a rough night. The outward-bound remain, apparently all well. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 2.—Wind variable.—Arrived his Ma_ jesty's ship Mastiff, —, from the Mediterranean. COWES, FEB. 2.—Arrived the Meridiano, RP.diel, from Ce. phalonia. LIVERPOOL FEB. I.—Arrived the Manc.kesew, Patton, from Savannah ; Cornelia, Caton, from Charleston ; and Norval, Carmichael, from Newfoundland. Off port the Winscales, , from Calcutta, and Clementson, -, from Demerara. The Intrinsic, of Liverpool, w totally wrecked on the 30th ult., near Malbay, and all on board drowned. The Thomas Tyson, Wylie, from Dublin, was on shore at Maryport on the Ist inst. The Superior, Taylor, from St. Domingo, hound to Ham burgh, has arrived at 'Helder, damaged and leaky. The Christine Louise, from Antwerp, bound to Trieste;, has arrived at Flushing leaky —cargo discharged. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS TOM-HOUSE, FEB. 2, The Britannia, Min, from St. Nliehads;aracen. Pinkey, St. Michael's ; Acti ve , V e tt er , St. M ichael's; Beverley, Giller, Guernsey; Herald, Leadden, I",t. Michael's; London Packet, Reay, Faro; Westminster., :doom, New York; Cadiz Packet, Williamson, Cadiz ; TY'aiver - se, Brock, Canton; Mary and Eliza, Tregorthen, Listb-j, Julie, Preagn, Calais ; Sarah and Ann, Murray, Coast o f Africa ; James, Martin, Guernsey Elizabeth, Gilbert, RA, Michael's. ENTERED r ' - OTWARDS FOR LOADING, FEB. 2. The Britannia, Stranack, for Harnburgh ; Medora, Walton, Calm . C - oast ; Baronet, Wyli e , Ri o J an ei ro; G reat Br i tain, Sy".nburn, Montreal ; Orwell, Lancaster, Madras and Cal cutta ; Julia, head, St. Lucia ; Unity, Stevens, Lisbon ; I3rockelbank, Grant, Boulogne ; Branston, Hill, -Elsineur ; Rattlesnake, Houuhton, Constantinople ; Jane, Davie 9 Oporto. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, FEB. 2. The Britannia, St ranac k, for Hainburgh ; Quee n o f t h e Netherlands, Ilaghlen, Rotterdam ; Vrow Theresa Joseph, Simons, Antwerp ; Elizabeth, Widdicomb, Terceira ; Brock elbank, Grant, Boulogne; David Scott, Reeves, Calcutta. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, FEn. 2. The Leven, Wallman, for Cadiz ; Felis, Friberg, Cadiz; Perlin, Miller, St. Übe's ; Tolostree, Bay, Baltic. DINNER TO ROBERT PRINGLE, ESQ., OF CUE ' TON.—Never did we (Kelso Chronicle) wit ae ss suc h an una nimous display of patriotism and public, spirit as was exhi bited, on Tuesday last, in the town of :iielkirk. The enthu siasm that prevailed at the period, of the passing of the Re form Bill is not forgotten ; but. it did not surpass the cheer ing and animating spectacle. which was presented to us at Selkirk. As the first Member, under the Reform Act, for the county of Selkir l .l, we hailed Mr. Pringle with unspeak able delight. Peoles-shire also joined with us, and the son of Sir Thomas Carmichael, who intends to contest that county, honoured us with his presence ; and we had the de light of being in company with that persecuted individual, Dr. Renton, who planted a fresh feather of infamy in the Tory heraldric bearings of Sir George Clerk. The report of the proceedings occupies upwards of eleven columns in the Kelso Chronicle. .We cannot, therefore do more than thui briefly notice the event, but we may truly say with our northern contemporary, that we would desire to make many remarks which are suggested by the remonstrances that were made on Tuesday by the Reformers of these Border Counties to their brother Tories, but space forbids.' Burke said, " Is our monarchy to be annihilated, with all the laws, all the tribunals, all the ancient corporations of the kingdom ?Is every land-mark of the kingdom to be done awe.y in favour of a geometrical and arithmetical Con stititlion ? Is the House of Lords to be useless ? Is episcopacy to be abolished ?—and, in a word, is Prance to be imitated ?" Yes, we answer in the eloquent and expres sive language of Sir James Mackintosh, " if our Governors imitate her policy, the State must follow her catastrophe. Man is every where man—imprisoned grievance will at length have vent, and the storm of popular passion will find a feeble obstacle in the solemn imbecility of human insti tutions. But who are the true friends to the order of Go vernment, the prerogative of the monarch, the splendour of the hierarchy, and the dignity of the peerage ? Those most certainly who inculcate, that to withhold reform is to stimulate convulsion ; those who admonish all to whom honour, and rank, and dignity are dear, that they can only in the end preserve them by conceding, while the moment of concession remains ; those who aim at draining away the fountains that feed the torrent, instead of opposing puny barriers to its course." It has been stated to-nay i n the more select city circles, that an addition of 10,000 men to the navy will be proposed shortly after the meeting of Parliament. A ru mour to the same effect has been current for some days past at the west end of the town, where little attention, however, has been paid to it ; but the fact is now stated so confidently, and by persons who usually have access to good information, that there is presumed to be some foundation for it. This is presumed also to have some connexion with another subject, on which some specula tion has been founded in the money-market, which is that demonstrations are to be made' by the Government indicating that Russia will be' called to account, and further aggressions on her part prevented. The speech on the opening of the session is therkfore looked for with more interest than usual by those capitalists and-mer chants whose operations are influenced by foreign politics. The immediate effect on the value of public securities has been of no importance whatever.—Times. It is with regret that we notice the death of ,thy Claude, a child of extraordinary musical powers, whose parents are resident in Eyandom-street. The circum stances which attended the precocious talent of this little girl, were of the most surprising description ; and, from what we have gathered from authentic sources, we feel that we have indeed to lament the untimely extinction of a ge nius which would very shortly have created the greatest sensation in the musical world. The little infant alluded to had scarcely completed her fifth year, and performed on the piano -forte the works of Moselle Kalkbrenner, Czerny, Hers, Chaulien, Rossini, &c., with the greatest accuracy and distinctness, including many difficult pieces of abstruse modulation, and, with every possible nicety of light and shade ; her performance was confined - to no par ticular style ; the sublime chorusses of Handel, and the whole range of Psahnody and Chants were played equally well by her, and the strictest time marked the whole. Her facility of execution was so surprising, and her fingering so perfect, that her performance resembled a little piece of mechanism which could not go wrong. Music of mode rate difficulty was played most accurately by her without any previous study. What tendered the genius of this little prodigy so astonishing, was the ex t reme l y s h or t t i me in which s h e h a d aeriuiredher musical knowledge. About nine months aT, she did not appear to possess the slightest musical ; .La, and was placed under the tutelage of Mr- Cf. - use (the author of the justly celebrated work on Psal mody), of whose superior skill in teaching the art, this little girl bore ample te s ti mon y. This g entleman was n o t long in discovering th e p ecu li ar g enius of his little pupil, which so surprisingly developed itself; and with gratifying admiration he witnessed the result of his daily tuition. Lat terly her whole soul seemed to be abseehed in music ; an d indeed it is feared that her great application to its study t or tended to hasten her e?.;:i dissolution ; in sometimes,o during the progres4 r e id f , a melancholylong and elaborate a P a i t e i ce a , ttack of at tempting to c:;nz i tier difficulty, she w ou ld complain relate, te pains in the head, e brain fever, which lasted only three days, terminated her exist nee on Monday last. Thus has ability of no co.,n. we t which ever existed Dave o:c per lmiaopos,ktilni e d n b io ce st n in i t u h s e i c b alle ( s 1 in one of se tender years. The National of Sunday says that ilarante the new Ambaisader to favour by the has -been rec , ived with marked no 045L.5. „ ~..1 11) :;er_o. r Nicholas.. Of cour se he ha 4 made the subject of Polish nationa l ity. 1 I I